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MCC in I.V.
Boombox Orchestra
ISLA VISTA, LOCATION TBA
Rooted in underground culture, Boombox Orchestra is a live Hip Hop band infused with frenetic funk and a rock'n roll attitude. Conversant in the idioms of hip hop, funk, rock, blues and reggae, the group creates a unique sonic experience.
Tell Me a Story!: The Craft of Storytelling for All Ages Jopesh Velasco
MCC THEATER
Learn the craft of storytelling in this entertaining and interactive workshop for children ages 7 and up. Using movement, music, and multicultural folktales from around the world, participants will learn how to bring stories to life in new and exciting ways.
Race Matters Series
Is the 'Post' in Post-Racial the 'Blind' in Color-Blind? Ian Haney López
MCC LOUNGE
Ian Haney López's current research examines the emergence and operation of colorblindness in U.S. constitutional law as a harbinger of a new racial ideology aimed at legitimating and preserving the racial status quo. Asking whether the “post” in post-racial is the “blind” in colorblind, Haney López will lead a conversation on current racial politics, in particular the liberal evasion of race. Ian F. Haney López is the John H. Boalt Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, where he teaches in the areas of race and constitutional law. He has previously taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, as well as at Yale and Harvard law schools. Haney López has published ground-breaking work in the study of the social and specifically legal construction of race in two books, White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race and Racism on Trial: The Chicano Fight for Justice.
Cup of Culture
Blacking-Up: Hip-Hop’s Remix of Race and Identity
MCC THEATER
This ambitious and hard-hitting documentary looks at the popularity of hip-hop among America’s white youth. It asks whether white identification is rooted in admiration and a desire to transcend race or if it is merely a new chapter in the long continuum of stereotyping, mimicry, and cultural appropriation. Does it reflect a new face of racial understanding in white America or does it reinforce an ugly history? Robert A. Clift, 57 min., English, 2010, USA.
